Mu mo dheidhinn sa / About

A’ leughadh aig Duaisean nan Sgriobhadairean Ura Gearran 2020/ Reading at the New Writers Awards Feb 2020

Tha mi air iomadh seorsa de obair a dheanamh, neach rannsachaidh airson atharrachadh na thide am measg. An-drasta, tha mi a’ sgriobhadh leabhraichean cloinne sa Ghaidhlig.

Ann an 2019, fhuair mi aon de na Duaisean nan Sgriobhadairean Ura bho Comhairle nan Leabhraichean.

Tha Gaidhlig nam theaghlach agus dh’ionnsaich mi Gaidhlig mar inbhich. Thoisich mi a’ sgriobhadh sa Gaidhlig nuair a sgriobh mi piosan beaga airson Cothrom, an iris airson luchd-ionnsachaidh.

A barrachd air sgriobhadh, tha mi a’ cur glasraich air an lot againn agus tha mi gu math trang mar mathair. Tha triuir cloinne agus cu againn.

About me

I’ve done various jobs – climate scientist, tour guide, teacher – and am now writing a children’s book in Scottish Gaelic.

In 2019, I was awarded a Gaelic New Writers Award from the Gaelic Books Council.

I’ve also contributed to the Gaelic learners’ magazine, Cothrom, and have had short fiction published in English.

Writing is my big hobby, but I also grow vegetables and am mum to three kids and a Collie dog.

Leabhraichean Gaidhlig a tha a’ cordadh rium / Gaelic books I’ve enjoyed recently

Caleidoscop

le Daibhidh Eyre

Mil san Ti?

le Seonag Monk

Breab, breab, breab

Iain Urchardan

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